FOR SPORTS - Cutman Joe Villanueva (left) works on Raul Martinez after his IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. The fight was stopped after the sixth round. Guerrero won by a technical decision. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net)

FOR SPORTS - Cutman Joe Villanueva (left) works on Raul Martinez after his IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct.

FOR SPORTS - Cutman Joe Villanueva works on Raul Martinez after his IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. The fight was stopped after the sixth round. Guerrero won by a technical decision. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net)

FOR SPORTS - Cutman Joe Villanueva works on Raul Martinez after his IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8,

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez holds his right eye during the fifth round of his IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. The fight was stopped after the sixth round. Guerrero won by a technical decision. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net)

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez holds his right eye during the fifth round of his IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez throws a left at Rodrigo Guerrero during first round action of their IBF super flyweight title fight held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net) less

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez throws a left at Rodrigo Guerrero during first round action of their IBF super flyweight title fight held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. ... more

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FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez has his hands wrapped by trainer Jesus Chavez before his IBF super flyweight title fight against Rodrigo Guerrero at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net) less

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez has his hands wrapped by trainer Jesus Chavez before his IBF super flyweight title fight against Rodrigo Guerrero at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico ... more

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FOR SPORTS - Rodrigo Guerrero (top center) celebrates after his IBF super flyweight title fight with Raul Martinez (left) held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. The fight was stopped after the sixth round. Guerrero won by a technical decision. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net)

FOR SPORTS - Conditioning coach Tony Cooper (left) and Raul Martinez wait for the decision after the IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. The fight was stopped after the sixth round. Guerrero won by a technical decision. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net)

FOR SPORTS - Conditioning coach Tony Cooper (left) and Raul Martinez wait for the decision after the IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez (center) talks with trainer Jesus Chavez (left) and cutman Joe Villanueva after his IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. Guerrero won by a technical decision after the fight was stopped after the sixth round. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net)

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez (center) talks with trainer Jesus Chavez (left) and cutman Joe Villanueva after his IBF super flyweight title fight with Rodrigo Guerrero held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana,

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez (left) hits Rodrigo Guerrero with a left during the sixth round of their IBF super flyweight title fight held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. Guerrero won by a technical decision after the fight was stopped after the sixth round. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net)

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez (left) hits Rodrigo Guerrero with a left during the sixth round of their IBF super flyweight title fight held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez (left) falls after being hit by Rodrigo Guerrero during third round action of their IBF super flyweight title fight as Ref Pat Russell looks on at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana,

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez (left) and Rodrigo Guerrero exchange punches during first round action of their IBF super flyweight title fight held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

FOR SPORTS - Rodrigo Guerrero (left) and Raul Martinez exchange punches during first round action of their IBF super flyweight title fight held at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez has his hands wrapped by trainer Jesus Chavez before his IBF super flyweight title fight against Rodrigo Guerrero at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

FOR SPORTS - Team Martinez cutman Joe Villanueva (center) watches as Rodrigo Guerrero has his hands wrapped before the IBF super flyweight title fight against Raul Martinez at the Auditorio Municipal in

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez (center) relaxes while members of his team prepare for the IBF super flyweight title fight against Rodrigo Guerrero at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net)

FOR SPORTS - Raul Martinez (center) relaxes while members of his team prepare for the IBF super flyweight title fight against Rodrigo Guerrero at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

TIJUANA, Mexico — A straight left to the chin put Raul Martinez on the canvas in the third round.

He appeared hurt, but quickly rose to his feet. It was nothing compared to the pain of what happened later.

Still reeling from an accidental head butt that forced the premature stoppage of his IBF super flyweight title fight, Martinez appeared even more stunned at the decision.

Rodrigo Guerrero (16-3-1, 10 KOs) had eked out a technical decision victory in front of a crowd of about 5,000 fans Saturday night at the Auditorio Municipal, denying Martinez his quest to become San Antonio's next world champion.

“He said he couldn't see out of his eye,” Hernandez said. “A fighter can't fight with one eye.”

Because Russell ruled the cut occurred from an accidental head butt, the fight then went to the scorecards.

All three judges scored it in favor of Guerrero. Tom Miller scored it 59-54, while Chris Wilson and Marty Denkin each had it 57-56.

The Express-News scored it 57-56 in favor of Guerrero.

The fight was televised tape-delayed on Spanish station Fox Deportes. A replay is scheduled to be aired today at 2 p.m. CST.

Sporting a stylish faux hawk haircut — “My friends say it makes me look meaner” — Martinez got off to a fast start, something he didn't do when he met Guerrero in their first match two years ago.

Martinez, 29, won that one at the WinStar World Casino in Oklahoma on a split decision.

Guerrero, 23, a natural southpaw, switched up stances throughout the fight. He dropped Martinez with a straight left in the third, but Martinez came back.

The two clashed heads often in the fight. A previous cut on the bridge of Martinez's nose opened up, and he was cut in the corner of his right eye.

None of them mattered. The other was nasty.

“I couldn't see out of that eye,” Martinez said afterward in the dressing room, his face scrunched in a squint. “There's a lot of pain and I feel like there's a heart beating above my eye. It's just pulsing.”

Guerrero, of Mexico City, said there was no doubt who won the fight.

“You saw it,” he said. “Look at his face. I'm very happy with the decision and to be world champion.”

Martinez said he doesn't know what's next for him.

“We'll just have to go home, let this thing heal and talk to everybody,” he said.

Martinez lost his only other major title-fight opportunity, April 19, 2009, when he lost to Nonito Donaire in a fourth-round TKO for the IBF flyweight championship in the Philippines.